Re: Slow boot time with Lion. Opinions wanted.

2012-02-07 Thread Joel Zimba
the recent update seems to have made both boot time and general responsiveness better for me. My computer was very frustrating to use since upgrading to Lion and now it's fine. Much less of the "busy" message overall. Joel On 2/6/2012 9:42 PM, Daniel Miller wrote: Hi, I've reported that

Re: Apple may have done a number on themselves.

2011-07-28 Thread Joel Zimba
Can't PC owner. It's been beaten in to us for decades now. Relax, that thing about putting the customer first... it's true. It'll all be just fine. On 7/28/2011 11:05 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: Hi, how do you know they don't have some white macbooks in reserve just for the reason you sta

Re: Just my thoughts regarding CCC Carbon Copy Cloner

2011-08-02 Thread Joel Zimba
Hi, I used CCC when I switched to a larger disk before installing Lion. It worked great. I'm actting because folks have said that Super Duper is accessible. I tried several times to get it to work for me, and I did read one or two screen ssuccessfully, but in general, I found myself doing

Re: scrivner

2011-08-05 Thread Joel Zimba
Hi, I don't have the most up-to-date version of the application, but it works fine for me. It's been a great product for breaking down story ideas and outlining, etc. Good Luck, Joel On 8/5/2011 8:55 AM, Max wrote: Thanks. I'll try the trial and report back on my experience with it. S

Re: reading ibooks on iphone with braille display?

2010-06-30 Thread Joel Zimba
how is the focus point handled with braille displays on the Mac? the the character just spoken the one with the "cursor" ? this seems problematic, as it is usually shown under the character and not to the left o or to the right of the character? seems problematic... Joel On Jun 30, 2010, at

Re: Move addict now completely accessible

2010-07-06 Thread Joel Zimba
Heya, So, I'm trying to install this program, and the initial run brings up a screen which seems to have no controls. I assumed this was a vo problem, so I restarted vo. and when that didn't work, I restarted the machine. I'm still not seeing how to make the installation happen. thought

Re: spotlight search is wonderful!

2010-07-09 Thread Joel Zimba
spotlight is like a stripped down version of quicksilver. alas, most of qs is accessible except the list of files which presents a small problem... If anyone has found a way around this, please let me know. On Jul 9, 2010, at 9:04 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: > Oh, that's cool! I never knew

Re: Launch bar accesability request, can you guys help out

2010-07-17 Thread Joel Zimba
Hi, I will check this out, but it does sound a great deal like quicksilver. which used to be more accessible than it is now... Is anyone having better luck than I with using QS? Joel On Jul 17, 2010, at 12:14 PM, Alfredo Holguin wrote: > I would like to request that all board members sent t

Re: accessible screen sharing software

2010-07-28 Thread Joel Zimba
well, there is the multiple braille display option. that's sort of screen sharing. On Jul 27, 2010, at 11:05 PM, Bryan Smart wrote: > No. > > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of chad baker > Sent: Satur

Re: remote access from IPod.

2010-08-03 Thread Joel Zimba
I have been thinking this would be great to have myself. I've also heard that gotomypc works via ipad and iphone. this is a web-based thingie. I have also mused that getting braille to work through the network wouldn't be so hard since it works so well via bluetooth. We live in interesting tim

Re: Droids and Macs

2010-08-28 Thread Joel Zimba
Hi, I have used missing sync for both symbian and windows mobile. it's a good program. Depending on just what you want to be syncing, you could do it wirelessly through google. sync your mac with google and your phone with google although that sort of happens automatically because ther

Re: Droids and Macs

2010-08-28 Thread Joel Zimba
I know the original android phone from TMobile showed up as a disk on my mac. I wouldn't know about current models, but I'd be shocked if it didn't work that way. Joel >> >> >> >> Depending on just what you want to be syncing, you could do it wirelessly >> through google. >> sync your mac

Re: MS Office accessibility on the mac natively

2010-08-31 Thread Joel Zimba
the only thng I seem to be doing under windows these days is using webvisum under firefox. also, sites using flash are slightly more usable with firefox under windows. I look forward to the day when I can free up all of that disk space. Joel On Aug 31, 2010, at 8:36 AM, erik burggraaf wrote:

Re: joining the mac squad.

2010-09-03 Thread Joel Zimba
what are you going to do with all of that time you used to spend complaining about Windows? On Sep 3, 2010, at 5:35 PM, Scott Granados wrote: > I whole heartedly agree. > > For me I spent a solid day and got down the basics. It grows on you and soon > enough you'll be realizing just how goo

Re: new iphone update first impression

2010-09-08 Thread Joel Zimba
can you post the exact steps to replicate this? I'm not having any trouble at all. thanks, Joel On Sep 8, 2010, at 9:28 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > I thought htye had that fixed? I heard complaining from several beta testers > about this but yeah email apple access about this. > > Take car

Re: duo core or i5 in mbp

2010-09-09 Thread Joel Zimba
there are certified Apple Resalers who will reconfigure a stock Apple machine for you. I believe Choice 1 Media? is one. just an example, not a recommendation. They do specialize in gear for recording though. Joel On Sep 8, 2010, at 6:08 PM, Matthew Johnson wrote: > hi, > > I'll be usi

Re: ipad speaker hiss

2010-09-12 Thread Joel Zimba
Hi, I can do you one better. You don't actually need to e-mail the notes to yourself. If you have a gmail account, you can sync the notes and it will happen for you automatically, once you get back online through wifi. I'd forgotten I set this up and suddenly my notes started showing up in

Re: To Joel Zimba

2010-09-12 Thread Joel Zimba
n 12 Sep 2010, at 22:59, Joel Zimba wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I can do you one better. You don't actually need to e-mail the notes to >> yourself. If you have a gmail account, you can sync the notes and it will >> happen for you automatically, once you get b

Re: Thunderbird 3 for OSX not accessible

2009-12-14 Thread Joel Zimba
I think Thunderbird il continue to be basically inaccessible until the Firefox accessibility issues are fixed. I would think they would trickle down to Thunderbird in time as happened on the windows side. I used to use Thunderbird and it was a great mail program. Joel On Dec 14, 2009, at

Re: Jailbreaking your IPhone?

2009-12-29 Thread Joel Zimba
Yes I have jailbroken in the past. It is not currently jb-ed. There is no effect on VO or on the phone in any way. No bricking. It is unlikely if not entirely imposible with the new procedures. Very easy and straightforward. Unless you have a specific need, I don't necessarily recommend t

Re: Possible nez browser replacement for Safari

2009-12-31 Thread Joel Zimba
or you could just run it and find out., which is doubtless much faster than doing research of a more intellectual sort. On Dec 30, 2009, at 5:55 PM, Chris Hofstader wrote: > Before I would even download Sunrise or any other browser, I'd first check if > it was compatible with the Apple Accessib

Re: another facebook question - Farmville?

2010-01-05 Thread Joel Zimba
I have not played Farmville, but I did spend quite a lot of time a month or so back annoying all of my friends by playing mafia wars. They are both Xinga games and roughly the same as far as I know. I was actually faster playing it on the mac bacause of the rotor and the item chooser. Als

Re: sending messages on Facebook

2010-01-08 Thread Joel Zimba
Hi, I had this problem when I first got my Mac. It went away with the new versions of Safari or with 10.6.2. I don't remember which. If you are still having it, I would try making sure you have installed the latest Safari perhaps by downloading it from apple rather than by using the automat

Re: Maverick or Madman? Trying to Get BrailleLite Millennium To Work On My MacBook Pro

2010-05-20 Thread Joel Zimba
Heya Mark, I forgot what it is like to wonder if something will work in the Mac world. Here is a suggestion if you have problems. I would get the newest possible firmware... duh. getting it on there cold actually be a problem these days, but youre a bright guy. If you have problems connecti

Re: webpage autorefresh and Voiceover

2010-05-26 Thread Joel Zimba
I have the same problem. I'm wondering if there is a way I can disable it with my own style sheet or some such. This makes some sites unusable. Joel On May 26, 2010, at 12:57 AM, Chris Snyder wrote: > Hi again, > So I went to a website which seems to refresh every 20 or 30 seconds. I'll >

Re: haptic film

2010-06-01 Thread Joel Zimba
interesting? you think it would be interesting? either my head would explode or I would cry wrote: > That would be interesting if we could read braille with this technology. I > think it is to early to say at this point. I think in theory you could do so > however. > > Doug > > On 2

Re: How To Get VoiceOver To Read Mail Messages Automatically

2010-06-16 Thread Joel Zimba
regarding the change in the download window in Safari, this has in fact been changed. I think a different ui control is being used to display the information. there is probably a way to get vo to automatically interract, but I'm not sure I would want that behavior... gotta think o that. Jo

Re: Changing to Karen on the Iphone

2010-06-20 Thread Joel Zimba
it will be much easier tomorrow On Jun 20, 2010, at 9:41 PM, Kimberly thurman wrote: > Well, I can live with that. Samantha sounds like a mad robot. LOL > Drives me crazy. Karen is a welcome change. :) > On Jun 20, 2010, at 1:16 PM, Allison Manzino wrote: > >> Hi Kimberly, >> >> I don

Re: iBooks issue on iPod touch and possibly iPhone

2010-06-21 Thread Joel Zimba
hang on, when you say the button to buy a book, which one do you mean? do you mean the button labelled "buy" when you are reading a sample, or do you mean the one that says "get book" or whatever in the store? I have not tried the former. Joel On Jun 21, 2010, at 6:50 PM, Blake Sinnett wrote

Re: reading a long pdf: vo vs spoken word in itunes

2010-06-21 Thread Joel Zimba
I did notice that I have a few pdfs in my books section of itunes. I'm not sure how I got them there... nor what to do with them exactly, it would be great if ibooks learned to read them, as I'm more and more impressed with it as I play. J On Jun 21, 2010, at 8:25 PM, Catherine Kudlick wrote

Re: tip: how I delete podcasts from the ipod app

2010-06-23 Thread Joel Zimba
Hi, Well, I can successfully delete a podcast from ipod. I would love to be able to do the swipe for the deletion of mail messages. I hear this is a feature available without vo. I tried the same thing as described for ipod, and nothing seemed to happen. after doing it several times, a "do

Re: Mozilla Firefox to drop support for OSX 10.4

2010-02-09 Thread Joel Zimba
actually, Dropping 10.4 support will probably make it more accessible ultimately. There is an implication that the underlying layers upon which Firefox runs will be dependent on 10.5. Chances are, this means the low level building blocks for accessibility will be more reliable. You'd have to

definitions immediately listed on spotlight and other methods

2010-02-20 Thread Joel Zimba
Hi List, I have started being trigger-happy with the spotlight features which i tweaked for my liking, and though i really like the possibilities, i'd prefer going through another method which i haven't been able to emulate. Here is the following method: When you have a word in text edit or ma

Re: definitions immediately listed on spotlight and other methods

2010-02-20 Thread Joel Zimba
In your message, I highlighted the word "features". I did this with shift-option-rightarrow. I then hit vo-shift-m and the menu gave me the option to look up the definition. this brings up a windows with dictionary and thesaurus options. the definition is in an html area. Is this different

Re: interesting article on bionic sight

2010-02-20 Thread Joel Zimba
yeah, bring on the brown acid! On Feb 19, 2010, at 11:57 PM, Pete Nalda wrote: > well for retinal/corneal disorders I think this is possible, but for optic > nerve disorders like mine I think it's gonna take a little more. So I think > I'll be enjoying synesthesia for probably the rest of my li

slightly ot: activesync and vmware

2010-02-24 Thread Joel Zimba
alright, I suppose this is more than slightly off topic. I just don't know where else to ask. Does anyone have a clue why I can't get activesync to start to install on vmware? thanks, Joel -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group

Re: slightly ot: activesync and vmware

2010-02-24 Thread Joel Zimba
gt; Windows Mobile Center. I assume it works with Win 7 as well. hth > On Feb 24, 2010, at 4:14 PM, Joel Zimba wrote: > >> alright, I suppose this is more than slightly off topic. I just don't know >> where else to ask. >> >> Does anyone have a clue why

pdf files // preview etc

2010-03-22 Thread Joel Zimba
Hi all, I am trying to get pdf files to be edittable. I can manage reading them more or less with preview. I am filling out a form though, I'm not sure if it is using the pdf form elements or if the little dashes are just meant to be deleted and my information inserted. regardless, I can't

Re: iPad bluetooth keyboard

2010-04-03 Thread Joel Zimba
I believe the apple wireless keyboard has a touch pad. As the touchpad commander works much like the iPhone screen, I don't think it would be a leap to have it work similarly when connected to the iPad. If this isn't how it works initially, I am sure it will in short order. Having the link

Re: iPad bluetooth keyboard

2010-04-03 Thread Joel Zimba
I guess that's how they manage to sell the magic mouse. heh On Apr 3, 2010, at 8:44 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Hi, > > The apple wireless bluetooth keyboard does not have a touch pad. > On Apr 3, 2010, at 8:39 PM, Joel Zimba wrote: > >> I believe the apple wireles

Re: Any blind iPhone developers out there?

2010-04-17 Thread Joel Zimba
I am finding the ide a bit cumbersome. I do believe the simulator will be completely inaccessible, but I've not played with it yet. Perhaps I can blast it straight to the phone--it will be slower I'm sure. Will let you know more when I know for sure. Joel On Apr 17, 2010, at 3:11 AM, Victor

Re: having issues downloading drop box files

2010-12-21 Thread Joel Zimba
Well, if you click "accept" they willappear in your dropbox folder. Pretty slick! Joel On 12/21/2010 1:34 PM, matthew dyer wrote: Ray, Did you try copying and pasteing the link in to safary or web kit. This usualy works for me. Matthew On 12/19/10, Ray Foret Jr wrote: Hi, A friend se

Re: VO and tables in Lion

2011-04-07 Thread Joel Zimba
Hi, can you clarify just what you mean about text documents and tables? As I see it, there are no tables in text documents. there are elements of text with elements of white space between. Are you talking about some sort of smart column recognition as in OCR programs? No Screenreader do

Re: Okcupid.com and voiceover

2011-05-10 Thread Joel Zimba
Hi, For some reason safari jumps around on the page in okcupid. I have had more success with m.okcupid.com. This doesn't give access to every feature of the site, but it does work. I have tried to write to them, but I've not tried to write in about the app. Joel On 5/8/2011 10:39 AM, E